FIFA worldcup - Format of each final tournament

Format of each final tournament[edit]

The number of teams and the format of each final tournament have varied considerably over the years. In most tournaments, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage followed by a single-elimination knockout stage.[17]
  • 1930: A group stage, followed by a knockout stage with 4 teams (group winners; note that no third-place match was played)
  • 1934–1938: Single-elimination tournament; these are the only tournaments without a group stage
  • 1950: A first group stage, followed by a final group stage with 4 teams (group winners); this is the only tournament without an official final match
  • 1954–1970: A group stage, followed by a knockout stage with 8 teams (group winners and runners-up)
  • 1974–1978: A first group stage, followed by a second group stage with 8 teams (first round group winners and runners-up), followed by the final (second round group winners; second round group runners-up played in the third-place match)
  • 1982: A first group stage, followed by a second group stage with 12 teams (first round group winners and runners-up), followed by a knockout stage with 4 teams (second round group winners)
  • 1986–1994: A group stage, followed by a knockout stage with 16 teams (group winners, runners-up and the four best third-placed teams)
  • 1998–present: A group stage, followed by a knockout stage with 16 teams (group winners and runners-up)
In summary:
YearHostTeamsMatchesRound 1Round 2Final stages
1930 Uruguay13184 groups of 3 or 4 teams[s 1]knockout of 4 teams
(round 1 group winners)[s 2]
1934 Italy1617knockout[s 3]
1938 France16[s 4]18knockout[s 3]
1950 Brazil16[s 5]224 groups of 4 teams[s 5][s 1]group of 4 teams
(round 1 group winners)
1954  Switzerland16264 groups of 4 teams[s 6][s 1]knockout of 8 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
1958 Sweden16354 groups of 4 teams[s 1]knockout of 8 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
1962 Chile16324 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 8 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
1966 England16324 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 8 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
1970 Mexico16324 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 8 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
1974 West Germany16384 groups of 4 teams2 groups of 4 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)		final
(round 2 group winners)[s 7]
1978 Argentina16384 groups of 4 teams2 groups of 4 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)		final
(round 2 group winners)[s 7]
1982 Spain24526 groups of 4 teams4 groups of 3 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)		knockout of 4 teams
(round 2 group winners)
1986 Mexico24526 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up, plus 4 best 3rd-placed teams)
1990 Italy24526 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up, plus 4 best 3rd-placed teams)
1994 United States24526 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up, plus 4 best 3rd-placed teams)
1998 France32648 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
2002 South Korea
 Japan		32648 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
2006 Germany32648 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
2010 South Africa32648 groups of 4 teamknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
2014 Brazil32648 groups of 4 teamsknockout of 16 teams
(round 1 group winners and runners-up)
2018 RussiaTo be announced
2022 QatarTo be announced

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